News
March 2014
... 14063, or 14075) has been billed for complex care, mental health care, palliative care planning, or COPD chronic ...
News
May 2014
... would have on high-risk communities and the public health care system. He volunteered his time and expertise to ensure fellow physicians and other allied health professionals have access to current best practice ...
Premise /
BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC
July/August 2014
... pneumonia, and we talked a lot about her impressions of health care. She was firmly of the opinion that death was ... educators for our patients. We focus on clearly defined health benefits (treating high blood pressure will help avoid ... of this. It is not part of the common currency of health care decision making. And as a result we ensure that ...
College Library /
BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS
November 2014
... GPs: Solutions from the horse’s mouth” ( Rural Remote Health 2013;13:2369). Best of all, when retired, you’ll ...
News
January/February 2014
... and infant care. Because the pandemic spread quickly both Health Canada and the US Centers for Disease Control advised ... for vaccination during pregnancy as a bona fide public health strategy. The newly available data, combined with ... contact Lilija Berngards, Research Nurse at the Women’s Health Research Institute, by telephone at 604 875-2424 or ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Shelley Ross, MD
April 2014
... about managing their condition or improving their overall health can access nearly 1500 patient information articles ... is an initiative of the joint Doctors of BC/Ministry of Health General Practice Services Committee (GPSC). Division ...
Letters
June 2014
... I was beginning to think I was the only one in Fraser Health who wasn’t convinced that computerization is the ... order-entry system was introduced. Because hospitals and health regions don’t pay for a physician’s time, there is ...
News
September 2014
... actively in their care. Funded by the BC Ministry of Health, the online training tool builds on the Concussion Awareness Training Tool for Health Professionals, which provides clinical information ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
December 2014
Illness prevention and health care promotion are the driving forces behind the work that Doctors of BC’s Council on Health Promotion (COHP) and its five subcommittees (Athletics ... and Recreation, Emergency Medical Services, Environmental Health, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, and Nutrition) ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Daljeet Mahal, MSc,
March 2014
... such as cellphones and tablets to support the delivery of health services (mHealth) is an innovative approach to improving health care access and quality. British Columbia has one of ... potential to use mHealth in its communities to enhance health care support. By testing and implementing the WelTel ...